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SB893,12 5Section 12. 7.51 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,7,116 7.51 (5) (a) 3. The inspectors shall also seal the inspectors' statement, inside
7a separate carrier envelope, and shall similarly seal in a separate carrier envelope
8one tally sheet and one poll list for delivery to the municipal clerk. For elections
9conducted under s. 5.20, the inspectors shall enclose the tally sheet provided under
10s. 7.62 (1m).
For school district elections, except in 1st class cities, the inspectors
11shall seal one tally sheet and one poll list for delivery to the school district clerk.
SB893,13 12Section 13. 7.53 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,8,2013 7.53 (1) (a) Where the municipality constitutes one ward or combines all wards
14to utilize a single polling place under s. 5.15 (6) (b), the canvass of the votes cast at
15the polling place shall be conducted publicly under s. 7.51 and the inspectors, other
16than any inspector appointed under s. 7.30 (1) (b), shall act as the municipal board
17of canvassers. The inspectors shall then complete the return statement for all votes
18cast at the polling place. If there are no provisional ballots that are eligible to be
19counted under s. 6.97 and no absentee ballots are being canvassed under s. 7.52, the
20inspectors may complete and sign the canvass statement and determination on
21election night. In municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52,
22after the canvass of the absentee ballots is completed under s. 7.52, the board of
23absentee ballot canvassers shall reconcile the poll list of the electors who vote by
24absentee ballot with the corresponding poll list of the electors who vote in person to
25ensure that no elector is allowed to cast more than one ballot. If an elector who votes

1in person has submitted an absentee ballot, the absentee ballot is void. Except as
2authorized in par. (b), if one or more electors of the municipality have cast provisional
3ballots that are eligible to be counted under s. 6.97, the inspectors, acting as the board
4of canvassers, shall reconvene no later than 9 a.m. on the Monday after the election
5to count the valid provisional ballots and shall adjust the returns accordingly. The
6inspectors, acting as the board of canvassers, need not reconvene if the municipal
7clerk certifies that he or she has received no provisional ballots from the time that
8the board of canvassers completed the initial canvass and 4 p.m. on the Friday after
9the election. Upon completion of the canvass under this paragraph and any canvass
10that is conducted under s. 7.52 or 7.62 and ascertainment of the results by the
11inspectors or, in municipalities where absentee ballots are canvassed under s. 7.52,
12by the inspectors and the board of absentee ballot canvassers, the municipal clerk
13shall publicly read to the inspectors or the board of absentee ballot canvassers the
14names of the persons voted for and the number of votes for each person for each
15municipal office,; for elections conducted under s. 5.20, the number of
16highest-ranked preferences and the number of lesser-ranked preferences for each
17person for each office, indicating the numbers for each preference;
the names of the
18persons declared by the inspectors or board of absentee ballot canvassers to have won
19nomination or election to each municipal office, ; and the number of votes cast for and
20against each municipal referendum question.
SB893,14 21Section 14. 7.60 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,9,1822 7.60 (4) (a) The board of canvassers shall make separate duplicate statements
23showing the numbers of votes cast for the offices of president and vice president; state
24officials; U.S. senators and representatives in congress; state legislators; justice;
25court of appeals judge; circuit judges; district attorneys; and metropolitan sewerage

1commissioners, if the commissioners are elected under s. 200.09 (11) (am). If a
2municipal judge elected under s. 755.01 (4) serves a municipality that is located
3partially within the county and candidates for that judgeship file nomination papers
4in another county, the board of canvassers shall prepare a duplicate statement
5showing the numbers of votes cast for that judgeship in that county for transmittal
6to the other county. For partisan candidates, the statements shall include the
7political party or principle designation, if any, next to the name of each candidate.
8The board of canvassers shall also prepare a statement showing the results of any
9county, technical college district, or statewide referendum. Each statement shall
10state the total number of votes cast in the county for each office; the names of all
11persons for whom the votes were cast, as returned; the number of votes cast for each
12person; for elections conducted under s. 5.20, the number of highest-ranked
13preferences and lesser-ranked preferences cast for each person, indicating the
14numbers for each preference;
and the number of votes cast for and against any
15question submitted at a referendum. The board of canvassers shall use one copy of
16each duplicate statement to report to the elections commission, technical college
17district board, or board of canvassers of any other county and shall file the other
18statement in the office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners.
SB893,15 19Section 15. 7.60 (4) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 7.60 (4) (c) (intro.) and
20amended to read:
SB893,9,2521 7.60 (4) (c) (intro.) In preparing the statements and determinations, the board
22of canvassers shall carefully review the tally sheets and inspectors' statement. The
23board of canvassers may omit the names of individuals whose names do not appear
24on the ballot and who receive a comparatively small number of votes. The board of
25canvassers shall designate votes received by such individuals as scattering votes.

1The board of canvassers shall append the following to each statement and
2determination a :
SB893,10,5 31. A tabulation of the votes cast at each election district, ward, or combination
4of wards authorized under s. 5.15 (6) (b) in the county for each office and each
5individual, whether the votes are canvassed or not, as well as the.
SB893,10,8 62. The total canvassed votes cast for each individual and each office, except
7where scattering votes are designated. If any votes are rejected, the board of
8canvassers shall specify the reasons therefor.
SB893,16 9Section 16. 7.60 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,10,1210 7.60 (4) (c) 3. After elections at which ranked-choice voting under s. 5.20 is
11used, the number of highest-ranked preferences and lesser-ranked preferences for
12each person for each office, indicating the numbers for each choice.
SB893,17 13Section 17. 7.60 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,10,1514 7.60 (4) (c) 4. For each rejected vote, the board of canvassers' explanation for
15rejecting the vote.
SB893,18 16Section 18 . 7.62 of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,10,19 177.62 Canvass procedure for ranked-choice voting. (1) Definition. In
18this section, “continuing candidate” means a candidate that has not been eliminated
19or elected.
SB893,10,23 20(1m) Tally sheets. The commission shall prescribe a tally sheet form for
21canvassing of elections in which ranked-choice voting is used. The inspectors shall
22use the form in preparing the returns and shall retain the form as a part of the official
23returns.
SB893,11,6 24(2) Single-seat election. (a) For determining the winning candidate for a
25single-seat election using ranked-choice voting, the candidate that receives the

1majority of the highest-ranked preferences for an office or seat shall be elected. If
2no candidate for an office or seat receives a majority of the highest-ranked
3preferences, the candidate who receives the least number of highest-ranked
4preferences shall be eliminated and the next-ranked preferences, if any, indicated
5by the electors who voted for that candidate shall be added to the highest-ranked
6preferences received by the other continuing candidates.
SB893,11,167 (b) If more than one continuing candidate receives the least number of
8highest-ranked preferences, the tie shall be resolved as provided under sub. (6). If
9after the reapportionment of preferences a continuing candidate has a majority of
10highest-ranked preferences and reapportioned next-ranked preferences, that
11candidate shall be declared elected. If after the reapportionment of preferences no
12continuing candidate has a majority of highest-ranked preferences and
13reapportioned next-ranked preferences, the apportionment begins again with
14additional choice preferences tallied in the same manner so that the continuing
15candidate with the least number of choice preferences is eliminated and his or her
16choice preferences reapportioned to the remaining continuing candidates.
SB893,11,2317 (c) Any time during tabulation when the continuing candidate with the least
18number of highest-ranked preferences would be defeated, if there are 2 or more
19candidates for whom it is mathematically impossible to be elected, then all
20continuing candidates for whom it is mathematically impossible to be elected shall
21be eliminated simultaneously. For purposes of this paragraph, continuing
22candidates for whom it is mathematically impossible to be elected include the
23following:
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11. Continuing candidates whose vote total plus the sum of current votes for
2continuing candidates with fewer votes would not be enough to equal or surpass the
3continuing candidate with the next highest current vote total.
SB893,12,64 2. Any continuing candidate that has a lower current vote total than a
5continuing candidate for whom it is mathematically impossible to be elected under
6subd. 1.
SB893,12,147 (d) Reapportionment of preferences continues under this subsection until a
8continuing candidate has the majority of highest-ranked and reapportioned
9preferences and until the results of the reapportionment and tabulation indicate
10which 2 continuing candidates received the most highest-ranked and reapportioned
11preferences. The continuing candidate with the majority of highest-ranked and
12reapportioned preferences shall be declared elected. If the 2 continuing candidates
13with the most highest-ranked preferences are tied, the tie shall be resolved as
14provided under sub. (6) and the winner declared elected.
SB893,12,20 15(3) Multiple-seat election. (a) For determining the winning candidates for
16a multiple-seat election using ranked-choice voting, each candidate that receives no
17less than the number of threshold votes for the open office or seat shall be elected.
18The threshold shall be determined by dividing the total number of votes cast for the
19open offices or seats by the number of such offices or seats, plus one, and adding one
20to the quotient, disregarding any fractions.
SB893,13,321 (b) For purposes of this subsection, a first ranked-choice tabulation shall be
22done under this paragraph before a tabulation under par. (c). If the number of
23candidates, other than any undeclared or declared write-in candidate, whose vote
24total is equal to or greater than the threshold determined under par. (a) is equal to
25the number of seats to be filled, those candidates are declared elected. If the number

1of candidates, other than any undeclared or declared write-in candidate, whose vote
2total is equal to or greater than the threshold is less than the number of seats to be
3filled, the canvassers shall perform a tabulation under par. (c).
SB893,13,64 (c) After the tabulation under par. (b), the tabulation of votes shall proceed in
5rounds for each office to be counted and the tabulation for each round shall proceed
6sequentially as follows:
SB893,13,177 1. The number of votes cast for each continuing candidate for the current round
8shall be counted. If the number of continuing candidates, other than any undeclared
9write-in candidate, whose vote total is equal to or greater than the threshold
10determined under par. (a) is equal to the number of seats to be filled, those continuing
11candidates are elected and the tabulation is complete. Then, if the number of
12continuing candidates, including any undeclared write-in candidates, whose vote
13total is equal to or greater than the threshold determined under par. (a) is equal to
14the number of seats to be filled, those continuing candidates are elected and the
15tabulation is complete. If the number of continuing candidates whose vote total is
16equal to or greater than the threshold is not equal to the number of seats to be filled,
17a new round begins and the tabulation continues as described in subds. 2. and 3.
SB893,13,1918 2. Surplus votes for any continuing candidates whose vote total is equal to or
19greater than the threshold determined under par. (a) shall be calculated.
SB893,13,2120 3. The surplus of the elected candidate with the largest surplus is transferred
21using the Weighted Inclusive Gregory Method as follows:
SB893,13,2422 a. The number of surplus votes of the elected candidate shall be divided by the
23number of votes received by the candidate and the resulting fraction shall be the
24surplus fraction.
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1b. In relation to any particular ballots for surplus votes of the elected candidate,
2the surplus fraction shall be multiplied by the transfer value at which those ballots
3were transferred to the elected candidate, or by one if they expressed first
4preferences for the elected candidate, and the product shall be the continued transfer
5value of those particular ballots.
SB893,14,156 c. The total number of ballots for surplus votes of the elected candidate that
7express the next available preference and have a particular current value shall be
8multiplied by that transfer value. The number so obtained, disregarding any
9fraction, shall be added to the number of votes of the continuing candidate and all
10those ballots shall be transferred to the continuing candidate. If on the completion
11of the transfer of the surplus votes of the elected candidate to a particular continuing
12candidate that continuing candidate has received a number of votes equal to or
13greater than the threshold, that continuing candidate shall be elected. If no
14continuing candidate has a surplus, the tabulation continues as described in subd.
154. Otherwise, the tabulation continues as described in subd. 1.
SB893,14,2416 4. All continuing candidates for whom it is mathematically impossible to be
17elected shall be eliminated simultaneously. Votes for the eliminated candidates shall
18be transferred to each ballot's next-ranked continuing candidate, except votes for
19candidates eliminated in the final round are not transferred if, by their elimination,
20the number of continuing candidates is reduced to the number of seats yet to be filled.
21If no continuing candidate can be eliminated under this subdivision, the tabulation
22continues as described in subd. 5. Otherwise, the tabulation continues as described
23in subd. 1. For purposes of this subdivision, continuing candidates for whom it is
24mathematically impossible to be elected include the following:
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1a. Continuing candidates whose vote total plus the sum of current votes for
2continuing candidates with fewer votes would not be enough to equal or surpass the
3continuing candidate with the next highest current vote total.
SB893,15,64 b. Any continuing candidate that has a lower current vote total than a
5continuing candidate for whom it is mathematically impossible to be elected under
6subd. 4. a.
SB893,15,127 5. If there are no transferable surplus votes and no continuing candidate is
8eliminated under subd. 4., the continuing candidate with the fewest votes is
9eliminated. Votes for an eliminated candidate are transferred at their transfer value
10to each ballot's next-ranked continuing candidate, except votes for candidates
11eliminated in the final round are not transferred if, by their elimination, the number
12of continuing candidates is reduced to the number of seats yet to be filled.
SB893,15,2013 6. The procedures in subds. 1. to 5. shall be repeated until the number of
14continuing candidates whose vote total is equal to or greater than the threshold is
15equal to the number of seats to be filled, or until the number of continuing candidates
16is equal to the number of seats yet to be filled. If the number of continuing candidates
17is equal to the number of seats yet to be filled, any remaining continuing candidates
18shall be declared elected. Continuing candidates eliminated under this subdivision
19in the final round retain their votes. Any ties between continuing candidates in
20subds. 1. to 5. shall be resolved as provided in sub. (6).
SB893,16,7 21(4) Ascertainment of intent. If a ballot does not clearly show which candidate
22the voter prefers to all others, or if it contains any word, mark, or other sign
23apparently intended to identify the voter, it shall be set aside as invalid. Every ballot
24not held invalid under this subsection shall be counted according to the intent of the
25voter, so far as that can be clearly ascertained, whether marked according to the

1directions printed on it or not. No ballot shall be held invalid because the names of
2candidates on the ballot for whom the voter did not mark a choice have been stricken
3out, unless such striking out constitutes an identifying mark. A single mark on a
4ballot on which no first choice figure appears shall be considered equivalent to a first
5choice preference. If a ballot contains both figures and marks, the order of the choice
6shown by the figures shall be taken as the voter's intention in so far as the order is
7clearly indicated.
SB893,16,11 8(5) Skipped rankings, overvotes, and undervotes. (a) Ballots skipping one
9ranking shall be counted for that voter's next clearly indicated choice. Ballots with
102 or more rankings skipped consecutively shall be declared exhausted after all
11candidates ranked prior to the consecutively skipped rankings have been eliminated.
SB893,16,1412 (b) Ballots with 2 or more of the same number shall be declared exhausted when
13such duplicate rankings are reached unless only one of the candidates with the
14duplicate ranking is a continuing candidate.
SB893,16,1615 (c) Ballots that indicate no further rankings after the elector's initial
16preferences have been eliminated shall be declared exhausted.
SB893,16,1717 (d) Ballots that indicate no rankings shall be declared exhausted.
SB893,16,25 18(6) Ties. In the event of a tie that affects the outcome of the election, the tie
19shall be broken by comparing the votes of the tied candidates in the previous rounds
20of counting, starting with the count immediately preceding the round in which the
21tie occurs. If one of the tied candidates had more votes than the remaining tied
22candidates in the preceding round or an earlier round of counting, then that
23candidate shall advance and the others shall be eliminated. If the candidates were
24tied in each preceding round, or if there were no preceding rounds, then the tie shall
25be resolved by lot.
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1Section 19. 8.05 (1) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,17,32 8.05 (1) (L) A town or village may not use ranked-choice voting under s. 5.20
3to nominate candidates for town or village offices at a caucus.
SB893,20 4Section 20 . 8.17 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,17,235 8.17 (1) (a) Political parties qualifying for a separate ballot under s. 5.62 (1) (b)
6or (2) shall elect their party committeemen and committeewomen committee
7members
as provided under sub. (5) (b). The function of committeemen and
8committeewomen
the committee members is to represent their neighborhoods in the
9structure of a political party. Committeemen and committeewomen Committee
10members
shall act as liaison representatives between their parties and the residents
11of the election districts in which they serve. Activities of committeemen and
12committeewomen
committee members shall include , but not be limited to,
13identifying voters; assistance assisting in voter registration drives; increasing voter
14participation in political parties; polling and other methods of passing information
15from residents to political parties and elected public officials; and dissemination of
16disseminating information from public officials to residents. For assistance in those
17and other activities of interest to a political party, each committeeman and
18committeewoman
committee member may appoint a captain to engage in these
19activities in each ward, if the election district served by the committeeman or
20committeewoman
committee member includes more than one ward. In an election
21district which that includes more than one ward, the committeeman or
22committeewoman
committee member shall coordinate the activities of the ward
23captains in promoting the interests of his or her party.
SB893,21 24Section 21 . 8.17 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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18.17 (4) The term of office of each committeeman or committeewoman
2committee member shall end on the date of the meeting held under sub. (5) (b)
3following each partisan primary.
SB893,22 4Section 22 . 8.17 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,18,215 8.17 (5) (b) A combined meeting of the county committee and members in good
6standing of the party in the county shall be held no sooner than 15 days after the
7partisan primary and no later than April 1 of the following year. At this meeting, the
8party committeemen or committeewomen committee members and the county
9committee offices of chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary, and treasurer shall be
10filled by election by the incumbent committeemen, committeewomen committee
11members
and other party members present and voting, each of whom is entitled to
12one vote. At this meeting, the county committee shall elect the members of the
13congressional district committee as provided in sub. (6) (b), (c) , and (d). The secretary
14of the county committee shall give at least 7 days' written notice of the meeting to
15party and committee members. Individuals elected as county committee officers or
16as congressional district committee members may be, but are not required to be,
17committeemen or committeewomen party committee members. They are required
18to be party members in good standing. The terms of committeemen and
19committeewomen
party committee members, county committee officers, and
20congressional district committee members begin during the meeting immediately
21upon completion and verification of the voting for each office.
SB893,23 22Section 23. 10.02 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB893,18,2323 10.02 (3) (intro.) The notice shall contain the following:
SB893,18,2424 FACSIMILE BALLOT NOTICE
SB893,18,2525 OF .... ELECTION
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1Office of .... [County] [Municipal] Clerk.
SB893,19,22 To the Electors of .... [County] [Municipality]:
SB893,19,93 Notice is hereby given of a .... election to be held in the several wards in the
4[county] [municipality] of ...., on the .... day of ...., .... (year), at which the officers
5named below shall be chosen. The names of the candidates for each office to be voted
6for, whose nominations have been certified to or filed in this office, are given under
7the title of the office and under the appropriate party or other designation, each in
8its proper column, together with the questions submitted to a vote, in the sample
9ballot below.
SB893,19,1010 INFORMATION TO ELECTORS
SB893,19,1411 Except as provided in sub. (4) and except where a different statement is
12prescribed by the commission for use in whole or in part by municipalities using
13electronic voting systems under s. 5.95, the voting instructions shall be given
14substantially as follows:
SB893,24 15Section 24. 10.02 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,19,1716 10.02 (4) The commission shall prescribe by rule the content of type B notices
17to be used at elections at which ranked-choice voting under s. 5.20 is used.
SB893,25 18Section 25 . 20.510 (1) (ed) of the statutes is created to read:
SB893,19,2319 20.510 (1) (ed) Elections administration; ranked-choice voting. A sum
20sufficient to implement and administer ranked-choice voting, as provided under ss.
215.20 and 7.62, including updating equipment and software and implementing secure
22technologies, and to provide grants to local governmental units under s. 5.05 (1) (g)
23for the same purpose.
SB893,26 24Section 26 . 120.06 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1120.06 (7) (b) The Except as provided under s. 5.20, the school board shall
2require a primary election if there are more than 2 candidates for any seat on a
33-member board or more than twice as many candidates as there are members to be
4elected to an unnumbered school board of more than 3 members. In school districts
5in which a plan of apportionment of school board members under s. 120.02 (2), an
6apportionment plan that apportions the territory of the school district into election
7districts under s. 120.42 (1m), or a plan for election of school board members to
8numbered seats has been adopted, the school board shall require a primary election
9for particular apportioned areas for which there are more than twice as many
10candidates as there are members to be elected and for any numbered seat for which
11there are more than 2 candidates. When there is a primary election it shall be held
12in conjunction with the spring primary.
SB893,27 13Section 27 . Initial applicability.
SB893,20,1514 (1) Ranked-choice voting. This act first applies to the 2022 spring primary and
15spring election.
SB893,20,1616 (End)
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